primary and secondary sources , legal documents , and the testimony of former members , concluded that the organization was " anti ##the ##tical to a democratic state " . federal ministries and state governments were asked to use all legal means at their disposal to check the activities of scientology . government publications on the dangers of sect ##s increased between 1996 and 1998 , and a significant number of them dealt with the church of scientology . the german courts had approved such publications in 1989 , seeing them as part of the government ' s responsibility to keep the public informed , and finding that they did not interfere with religious freedom . in 1996 , the german parliament launched an en ##quet ##e (
primary and secondary sources, legal documents, and the testimony of former members, concluded that the organization was " antithetical to a democratic state ". federal ministries and state governments were asked to use all legal means at their disposal to check the activities of scientology. government publications on the dangers of sects increased between 1996 and 1998, and a significant number of them dealt with the church of scientology. the german courts had approved such publications in 1989, seeing them as part of the government's responsibility to keep the public informed, and finding that they did not interfere with religious freedom. in 1996, the german parliament launched an enquete (